Dallas Jenkins: The Story Behind The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Movie: Page 220
The Unfolding
Northwestern Media
4.9 • 867 Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
What do you do when you're sure God has given you a dream, but every door stays firmly shut? Dallas Jenkins, creator and director of The Chosen, spent more than 20 years praying for the chance to make a film based on the beloved book The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. But year after year, the answer was the same: no. Until one unexpected moment when God stepped in. In this episode of The Unfolding, Dallas shares the behind-the-scenes story of waiting, disappointment, and the whisper from God that stopped him from deleting his dream forever. It's a story about calling, hope, and God's timing- perfect for the Christmas season and for anyone who's ever waited for God to open a door.
Show Notes:
The Chosen: https://www.thechosen.tv/en-us
Best Christmas Pageant Ever Movie: https://bestchristmaspageantever.movie/
Dallas Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DallasJenkinsOfficial
Dallas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dallas.jenkins/?hl=en
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friends, this is Meredith. Today we are reaching back into the unfolding archives to revisit |
| 0:06.5 | a wonderful conversation I recorded with Dallas Jenkins in November of 24. Since the Christmas |
| 0:13.7 | season is officially underway, this felt like the perfect time to bring it back. In this interview, |
| 0:20.1 | Dallas talks about a dream that he carried |
| 0:22.8 | for years and the long season of no that nearly broke his heart. But he also shares how God was |
| 0:30.0 | quietly, faithfully at work all along. If you are longing for hope or waiting for God to open a door, I think you're going to love this story. |
| 0:40.4 | Page 220 of the unfolding is the story of Dallas Jenkins and the best Christmas pageant ever. |
| 0:47.2 | Bing pops up on the screen taunting me, the weekly reminder, pray for pageant. So I put my hand on the |
| 0:52.1 | mouse and I slid the cursor up to hit delete. I said, |
| 0:54.8 | I can't do this anymore. I can't keep praying for this project. I can't keep hoping. I went to delete |
| 0:58.5 | it and one of those few times in my life where I really felt God speaking to me just saying, |
| 1:03.2 | don't do that. God's story has been unfolding. |
| 1:07.7 | Since the beginning of time. He invites you to be a part of it. |
| 1:15.9 | Another page in the unfolding. |
| 1:19.8 | Hey, this is Meredith Foster. |
| 1:22.3 | Dallas Jenkins is the creator and director of The Chosen, |
| 1:26.6 | the first ever multi-season show about Jesus. |
| 1:30.8 | He shared a story with us back in 2021 on page 47 of the unfolding about how God used |
| 1:37.1 | failure to change Dallas and how that became a part of the incredible story that led to creating |
| 1:43.9 | the chosen. Well, during the Christmas |
| 1:46.1 | season of 2024, my friend Tina and I went to the movie theater to see the best Christmas |
| 1:51.8 | pageant ever based on a classic Christmas story. Maybe you read the book in grade school, |
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